Authors: Lydia Mapile, Albert Tizon, Maynor Clara Cheng, Charles Ringma, David McQueen
Keywords: Holistic Missions, Social Concern, Integral Part, Christian Education Program, Understanding Deeds, Proclamation, Missional Task, Luke-Acts Guide, Integrating Inner Healing, Missions Education, Slow March of God, John Stott, Transformational Leadership, Phronesis, Practical Wisdom, Theory, Praxis, Kingdom Values, Family, Church, Community, Societal Institutions, Nation, Spiritual Renewal, Dualism, Dualistic Thinking, Holistic Ministry, Evangelism, Justice, Compassion, Kingdom of God, Transformation, Mission, Conversion, Social Action, Asceticism, Dualistic View, Unevangelized, Spiritual Formation, Suffering, Inner Healing, Emotional Bruises, Damaged Emotion, Person Formation, Cross-Cultural Stress, Discipleship
Description: Dedicated to holistic missions and integration. Ringma discusses the “Slow March of God,” advocating for a missional church structured for mission and sustained by a missional spirituality that engages the world. Tizon argues that deeds (social action) are co-equal with verbal proclamation in the missional task, using a Luke-Acts guide to validate holistic ministry. Cheng proposes integrating Inner Healing into missions education to address emotional bruises and damaged emotions that destabilize missionaries. McQueen examines John Stott as a model of transformational leadership, highlighting his role in bridging evangelism and social concern. Mapile asserts that social concern must be an integral part of Christian education.
- The Slow March of God – Charles Ringma
- Integrating Inner Healing Into Missions Education – Maynor Clara Cheng
- Understanding Deeds as Proclamation in the Missional Task of the Church: A Luke-Acts Guide – Albert Tizon
- John Stott: A Model of Transformational Leadership – David McQueen
- Social Concern: An Integral Part of a Christian Education Program – Lydia Mapile
Insights from PHRONESIS Volume 7, No. 1 (2000)
- “If the church is missional in its very nature—a theological concept, then it needs to be structured for mission—a sociological concept, and empowered for mission—the issue of spiritual formation.” -Charles Ringma
- “Cross-cultural stress is ‘a process of making oneself vulnerable to disorientation and…many emotional storms.’” -Maynor Clara Cheng
- “Social responsibility is more than the consequence of evangelism; it is also one of its principal aims.” -Albert Tizon
- “God’s concern for justice and reconciliation throughout human society and for the liberation of men from every kind of oppression.” -David McQueen
- “Social concern is an important aspect of Christian education.” -Lydia Mapile